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Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

  • Acting AG Todd Blanche formally terminated President Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund that had drawn bipartisan outrage.
  • The move follows a deal with GOP senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who had been stalling Blanche’s nomination on the Judiciary Committee.
  • Blanche’s order also narrows a related tax-audit immunity agreement so it only applies retroactively to claims open at the time of the settlement, not to future filings.
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